Tailored dress with butterfly sleeves

Modern boubou dresses from imported damask are cut to a pattern. The dress is then sewn together with needle and thread in various places, which will create a pattern after the dye bath. The fabric, held together so tightly, will not absorb paint, creating the pattern. after dyeing, the dress is dried. it is coated with a thin layer of wax, which is beaten into the fabric with large round hammers …